Alright! Week 10: Ephesians
and Philippians. Ephesians was written to members at Ephesus. This city has
been reported as being the headquarters of Paul’s 3rd mission and
the people are doing the best out of all those that Paul writes. It is from
this book that the first scripture jumped out at me. It is Ephesians 3:16-17
and reads “That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be
strengthened with might by his spirit in the inner man; that Christ may dwell
in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love”. Maybe it’s because I’m in the thick of
midterms, projects, work, and so on that I grasp on to this scripture with
white knuckled fists. Sometimes it seems like too much and you think to
yourself: “how in the world is this all going to work? There are not enough
hours in the day to get done everything that I am required to do. How am I going
to do this?” Well Paul just gave us the answer. If we let Christ dwell in our
hearts and make sure our foundation is grounded in love, then he will
strengthen us and we are entitled to all the riches he has to offer. Now these
aren’t the earthy kind of riches, but the kind that the Lord knows we need. Foundations are vital for things physical and
of course allegorically. In my old Sunday school lessons we would sing a song
about a foolish man who built his house upon the sand, and when the rains came
down the house was washed away. However the wise man built his house upon a
rock, and it stood still even when the tempest battered against it. Our foundation
should be centered around Christ—for he is the best type of concrete (or whatever
they use for foundations these days J)
around.
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